I have the oblong Breadtopia clay baker . Baked sourdough once & it was great. How large of loaf by weight can you put into the oblong ( ~14" x 9")??
This recipe makes a dough of approx 870 g. I’ve gone higher, though, especially when using additions like berries, olives, cheese…
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I actually have been searching for the answer to that question too, I have the Clay Baker - Batard from Breadtopia and I was wondering how big of a loaf I could get in there, does anybody know?
I would aim for at (or under) 500g bread flour or 600g whole grain flour. Maybe up to 1300g total dough weight, depending on your ingredients? A thirsty whole grain loaf at 100% hydration with starter and salt could be 1300g. An explosive bread flour loaf could fill the baker at 1000g.
And a 500g bread flour dough with 400g of cheese would throw the guideline i gave out the window 
I regularly do whole grain (lean dough) loaves in that baker where I’m using 600 grams of whole grain flour and there seems to me to be ample room for more. I’d be surprised if there was a problem with doing a 750g loaf, but in my case I think the limiting factor would be my proofing basket. I have the standard rattan oval basket that Breadtopia sells and the resulting proofy dough with 600g of flour is right about what it can hold.
Some of my recipes indicate how many pounds the baked loaf will weigh. One I’m considering yields a 1 1/2 pound loaf. Would that fill up the oblong BT baker?
Thank you, SusanLR (Back in the oven again after a long hiatus)
Sure, it’ll fit no problem.
You can go up to 2 lbs in my experience, though that somewhat depends your flour and oven spring (a dough of bread flour will expand more than some whole grains might).